or
Rabbit fled, best guess, toward home
Fox and Bear toward Yellowstone
Walrus, north to the border towns
Peacock swayed like a reed on the fence a while
(with a stalwart sense of style!)
as the policemens nets came down
Word of the crash had spread fast and spread far
From Clarks Fork to Blackfoot Reservoir
more grist for the malady mill
Shepherd the Southwest wind,
"railspikes ripped like the seam of a wineskin"
Shepherd the Northwest rain,
"Brass Hat slept at the helm of that woeful train
Aint it an awful shame!
And dont it just break your heart to hear of so much
to hear of so much pain?"
Casey Jones walked slow to the prison cell
His face held hard as a scallop shell
CONDUCTOR: "Well, I wish I wished you well,
but your last friend on Earth now calls
from the silent side of the cemetery walls
your great cause to the moths and the rust!"
"Its the laws of cause and effect that you criticize
But sir, criticize them you must"
Three miles more til Flagstaff
what you seem to want,
but Id gladly walk you home,
Shepherd the Southwest wind,
"railspikes ripped like the seam of a wineskin"
Shepherd the Northwest rain,
"frog switch slipped and that reckless beast is to blame
Aint it an awful shame!
And dont it just break your heart to hear of so much pain?
Aint it an awful shame!
And dont it just break your heart, dont it just break your heart
dont it break your heart?"